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The Gospel by Alicia Keys

So we all got children, (1)________________ of the ghetto
Momma cooked us soup, daddy did the yelling
Uncle was a drunk, cousin was a felon
When he got pitched, he told them he wasn't tellin'
Auntie was a cook, her husband was a crook
Cause (2)__________ job he had they be payin' him off the books
Ghetto university, knowledge is all it took
In a tenement I was listenin' to the hook
Change gon' come, the spirit of Sam Cook
When the feds comin', everybody get shook
Now we doin' (3)________ like (4)__________ Murphy and Martin
On the (5)__________ gang, I was (6)______________ into the coffin

The roaches and the rats, (7)____________ and the cracks
Couldn't blame me, I'm just (8)____________ the facts
Tryna hit the top, the (9)____________ ain't where it's at
Everybody got a past but you can never go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)...

Tellin' you like it is, how we (10)________ gon' live?
If we ain't gettin' money, how we feedin' the kids?
It's a revolving door, where (11)________________ be doin' bids
I know it sound wrong but the (12)________ will be what it is
Survival of the fittest, this poor girl the illest
Broke (13)______________ and (14)__________ (15)________ give me heebie-geebies
Life seems hard but nothin' (16)________ comes easy
Whatever's in the dark, can (17)____________ become the light
If you ain't in a battle, how you gon' win the fight?
Gotta speak the truth (18)________ I'm up in the booth
The (19)______________ be flyin' birds but they don't be on the roof
Poverty is a (20)________ like you pullin' a tooth
Told the streets don't let me go like I'm Bishop in Juice

The roaches and the rats, (21)____________ and the cracks
Couldn't blame me, I'm (22)________ (23)____________ the facts
Tryna hit the top, the (24)____________ ain't where it's at
Everybody got a past but you can (25)__________ go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
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